Soft bricked phone even after factory image flash

griffsterb · Mar 26, 2014

Hi all, I am in urgent need of some help...

I got my GS4 when it first came out back in May. It was the VRUAMDK build. I used ODIN and motochopper to get it rooted, eventually got CM going and have been using it ever since.

Today I was playing around flashing different nightlies of CM11. I went to restore from a backup, but it error'd out and said it couldn't restore /data. I rebooted anyway and it hung on the CM logo for about 10 minutes. I tried a wipe/restore again and the same thing happened. I should note that since updating to CWM 6.x.x.x from (I think?) 2.x.x.x I hadn't attempted a restore from backup, but I know that restore worked on CWM 2.

So anyway I went to this thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2301259

Followed the instructions, similar to when I first rooted my phone, and flashed the 99% factory image with Odin. It "worked" ie no errors but upon reboot my phone hangs on the Verizon logo. It gets through the Samsung boot logo but will just sit at the Verizon logo. Not frozen because the logo is shimmering.

At this point I have no idea what to do. Help?

Marshmellow92 · Mar 26, 2014

griffsterb said:
Hi all, I am in urgent need of some help...

I got my GS4 when it first came out back in May. It was the VRUAMDK build. I used ODIN and motochopper to get it rooted, eventually got CM going and have been using it ever since.

Today I was playing around flashing different nightlies of CM11. I went to restore from a backup, but it error'd out and said it couldn't restore /data. I rebooted anyway and it hung on the CM logo for about 10 minutes. I tried a wipe/restore again and the same thing happened. I should note that since updating to CWM 6.x.x.x from (I think?) 2.x.x.x I hadn't attempted a restore from backup, but I know that restore worked on CWM 2.

So anyway I went to this thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2301259

Followed the instructions, similar to when I first rooted my phone, and flashed the 99% factory image with Odin. It "worked" ie no errors but upon reboot my phone hangs on the Verizon logo. It gets through the Samsung boot logo but will just sit at the Verizon logo. Not frozen because the logo is shimmering.

At this point I have no idea what to do. Help?

so i just got done using odin for my phone however i did not have mdk. im on mk2. i figured i really needed my phone like now so i just went and used the full wipe. if you really want everything back then i really dont know what else you could do because i myself didnt for my device.
if youre willing to do full wipe you can go ahead and do this : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2289325

griffsterb · Mar 26, 2014

Marshmellow92 said:
so i just got done using odin for my phone however i did not have mdk. im on mk2. i figured i really needed my phone like now so i just went and used the full wipe. if you really want everything back then i really dont know what else you could do because i myself didnt for my device.
if youre willing to do full wipe you can go ahead and do this : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2289325

Yeah, I'm currently downloading that. Crossing my fingers that it works...

Marshmellow92 · Mar 26, 2014

griffsterb said:
Yeah, I'm currently downloading that. Will be crossing my fingers that it works...

good luck!

also you can just re root and everything after its done.

griffsterb · Mar 26, 2014

Marshmellow92 said:
good luck!
also you can just re root and everything after its done.

Yeah, I'm not too worried about having to go through all that.. I should be able to restore apps from my external SD, I would think...

Did you have the same problem? Completely soft bricked and needed a full wipe? I'm a bit worried that the 99% wipe didn't work.

Marshmellow92 · Mar 26, 2014

griffsterb said:
Yeah, I'm not too worried about having to go through all that.. I should be able to restore apps from my external SD, I would think...

Did you have the same problem? Completely soft bricked and needed a full wipe? I'm a bit worried that the 99% wipe didn't work.

no i had SS and i installed a rom in default slot. (went full retard) and rom had way to many problems so i just did that.

griffsterb · Mar 26, 2014

Well, I flashed a full factory image and my phone still hangs on the Verizon screen.

Please, can somebody help?

Edit: Oh FFS it hung there for like a full minute or two before booting. FINALLY. I WIN

Oishikatta · Mar 26, 2014

griffsterb said:
Well, I flashed a full factory image and my phone still hangs on the Verizon screen.

Please, can somebody help?

Edit: Oh FFS it hung there for like a full minute or two before booting. FINALLY. I WIN

How did you re-root/recovery after the odin to MDK?

I have the MDK bootloader, but I've never had to odin back to stock.

griffsterb · Mar 26, 2014

Oishikatta said:
How did you re-root/recovery after the odin to MDK?

I have the MDK bootloader, but I've never had to odin back to stock.

The same way as when I first got my phone. I Odin'd the pre-release MD2 kernel, used motochopper to grant root access and install SuperSU, Odin'd back to MDK, then downloaded GooManager to install TWRP.

Mistertac · Mar 26, 2014

*Odin back MDK kernel... Not full factory image. Just clarifying

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